Health Information
These are links that have been reviewed by our doctors and found to
be legitimate resources.
Common Medical Problems
Cancer
Cancer.gov
Searchable by topic with treatment info and support groups. This
is
a good place to start learning about any type of cancer.
OncoLink
(A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource) An up to date
site maintained by the University Of Pennsylvania. Excellent list of
global resources.
Breast
Cancer risk
.
What You Need To Know About Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
(NCI Publication) - A basic guide to the disease and its'
treatment.
Diabetes
CDC's publication in full searchable format: Diabetes FAQ
Online diabetes
resources
Arthritis
Coping with
Arthritis in Its Many Forms
A good basic article that explains arthritis and its various forms
and offers good advice for management. Also this will link you to the
FDA home page.
Depression
A helpful guide to understanding
depression
and mania and the psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for these
conditions.
QUIZ - Do you have Depression? Online
Depression Screening Test
Asthma
National Institute of Health has a good primer on asthma at
NIH- Your Asthma Can Be Controlled
and with typical government redundancy there is also a very good
FDA
publication that links to the American Lung association site. Controlling
Asthma
Headaches
A guide to understanding headaches and a good place to start looking
for solutions. ACHE- American
Council for Headache Education
The National Headache Foundation Home page can link you to support
groups and new treatment info.
What's New at NHF
Poison Oak- (Toxicodendron diversiloba = Rhus diversiloba)
Everything you need to know to recognize, avoid and if all else fails
treat.
Poison Ivy Allergy - Medicine Net
American
Academy of Dermatology
A helpful illustrated resource on poison oak and related
plants,
including photographs of typical poison ivy rash on human skin.. Go to
the
"Patient Information" page, then onto "Patient Education," and finally
click
on "Poison Ivy."
Poison Oak FAQ
This is a non-medical site that offers lots of information and
links on Poison Oak.
Utilities
Identify your health risks at Alexian Brothers Health Risk
Assessment.
Look up any health topic under the sun at the NIH Health Information
The National Library
of Medicine
site has links to just about every on-line library site with
medical information on the web.
Travelers should not leave home without accessing the truly
excellent CDC
Travelers' Health
.
This MedWebPlus
directory was developed by a medical librarian and a medical
informatics specialist.
The
Karolinska Insititute
is an advanced site designed for a medically sophisticated
individual. It has links to many European sites as well.
Chat Rooms are helpful but take the information with a grain of
salt and look for rooms with MD moderators.
About.com
is a good resource for Health and disease related chat rooms.
